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US 9,039,294 B2Granted
Method to assemble and polish a connector with optical fiber that has air-gaps or “voids” in its cladding
AssigneeAFL Telecommunications LLC
InventorKheng Hwa Seng
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Abstract
A method for assembling a fiber optic connector that includes heating an end of a cleaved fiber, inserting the end of the cleaved fiber into a ferrule until the end protrudes from the ferrule, wherein a first portion of the heated end protrudes from the ferrule and a second portion of the heated end remains in the ferrule, fixing the fiber in place in the ferrule, and polishing the end of the cleaved fiber.
Claims21
A method for assembling a fiber optic connector comprising:
- heating an end of a cleaved fiber;
- inserting said end of said cleaved fiber into a ferrule until said end protrudes from said ferrule, wherein a first portion of said heated end protrudes from said ferrule and a second portion of said heated end remains in said ferrule;
- fixing said fiber in place in said ferrule;
- and
- polishing said end of said cleaved fiber.
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A method for assembling a fiber optic connector comprising:
- heating a section of fiber;
- inserting said fiber into a ferrule until said fiber protrudes from said ferrule, wherein a first portion of said heated section protrudes from said ferrule and a second portion of said heated section remains within said ferrule;
- fixing said fiber in place in said ferrule;
- cleaving said fiber fixed in said ferrule;
- and
- polishing an end of said cleaved fiber fixed in said ferrule.
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A connector comprising:
- a fiber with a cladding that has air pockets and
- a ferrule which contains a portion of said fiber,
- wherein
- said air pockets at an end of said fiber in said ferrule are collapsed,
- a portion of said end having collapsed air pockets that remains within said ferrule is at least 1.0 mm long, and
- said end is polished.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.